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Adaptation Displacement: Although X-23 was first introduced in X-Men: Evolution and the series continues to have a sizable fanbase, her comics iteration is by far better known, and tends to influence most other Alternate Universe versions. For example, her depiction in Logan draws significantly from Innocence Lost and Target X.

Broken Base: Much like her father, Laura has generated a bit of divisiveness among the fanbase.

Some readers view her as a Creator's Pet, claiming that whenever an X-book is taken over by Christopher Yost and/or Craig Kyle, X-23 is promoted to a lead role at the expense of other characters (in Kyle's case, this is not entirely unfounded), and because she's also often considered an A-List character rather than B- or C-List as is the case with most teenage heroes. Some New X-Men fans in particular accuse her of leading to Wind Dancer being written out of the series so Laura could jump in and take her place as Hellion's Love Interest at the same time Yost and Craig took over. Defenders will point out that while X-23 eventually did eventually develop as a romantic interest for Hellion, her stint in the book also began with her on the receiving end of a fair amount of bullying on his part (particularly over her being a clone) so she didn't really "jump in" and replace her (although Hellion does bully basically everyone not in his clique, which included Wind Dancer). Additionally, defenders will point out that other characters still received a substantial amount of focus during her time in the book, particularly Surge, Pixie and Mercury.

The Babysitting Arc of her solo series has proven highly contentious among readers, usually depending on whether they're Helix shippers or not, but even that isn't a firm dividing line:

It's generally agreed — even by readers with no love of Hellion — that the treatment of Julian was poorly handled. He killed Karima — at Karima's own request — to protect his friends and prevent her from killing all of them. He's subsequently treated like a monster by everyone, including Wolverine and Gambit, despite both being guilty of far, far worse. Both even try to actively keep Hellion away from Laura. Laura's own behavior is frequently called out even by her fans, as if anyone should understand the situation Julian is in now it should be her, and her cold rejection of what many believe are attempts by Julian to reach out to her for support coping with his situation has been decried as horribly out of character. This is particularly egregious that during New X-Men Julian was one of the first people to actively try and show her she was more than just a killing machine.

In the end, most Helix fans haven't forgiven Liu for breaking them up. Readers who don't like the Helix pairing, and particularly can't stand Hellion as a character (and a smaller minority who are fans of Hellion but hate Laura) generally tend to embrace it. Others — even Helix fans — argue that Laura was in no position for such a relationship at that time in her series, anyway, while agreeing it was mismanaged and both Laura and Julian were poorly characterized (and Wolverine and Gambit are tremendous hypocrites).

Laura's taking on the Wolverine name and cowl. Readers are starkly divided between those who love the idea and those who hate it, with almost no one in between. Supporters generally find it a natural development of her character, and put Laura forward as the most appropriate choice of all the potential candidates. Those against it tend to vary more widely: those who prefer for Laura to stand on her own merits and fear her unique personality will get lost or overwhelmed as Wolverine, those who hate the concept of Legacy Characters in general with no particular opinion one way or another on who is taking on the role, many who would rather Logan just be brought back to life, those who would have preferred another character (such as Daken, Sabretooth, or even Old Man Logan), and those who just flat-out hate her character altogether.

Complete Monster: Dr. Zander Rice, one of the lead scientists of Weapon X's X-23 project, has X-23 kept in a padded room except during training sessions or assassination missions, almost kills her with radiation poisoning to trigger her healing factor at the age of seven, and surgically removes her natural claws one at a time, coats them with adamantium, then re-implants them-all of this without anaesthesia-at the same age. He develops a pheromone "trigger" that activates her berserker rage and uses it to get X-23 to kill her martial arts instructor, and leaves her behind on a mission to be killed after he murders the other members of the team so he can claim they were taking fire and had to retreat. After X-23 shows back up alive, Rice then manipulates the head of the X-23 project, who had raised Rice after his father's death, into granting Rice control of the project, at which point Rice then sends X-23 to kill the man, his wife, and son - even though Rice knows the boy is his own son, from an affair between Rice and the wife before her marriage; X-23 leaves the child alive. Upon taking over the project, he begins the development of embryos X-24 through X-50, which he intends to sell to the highest bidders, and then taints the one remaining person X-23 cares about, the project scientist who was her surrogate mother, with the trigger pheromone, which causes X-23 to fatally injure the woman - just as she was about to take X-23 and disappear after destroying the project complex. Rice's reasoning for all of this is that his father, who worked on the original—Wolverine—Weapon X project was killed by Wolverine when he escaped, and Rice held X-23, who is Logan's genetic double, responsible for Wolverine's killing of his father.

Creator's Pet: It's very hard to argue that she is not this to creator Chris Kyle. He has even gone on the record referring to himself as an "overprotective mother" of her in interviews.

Critical Dissonance: Although Laura taking on the Wolverine mantle makes for a Broken Base among readers (including the character's own fans), critical reception to the debut issue of All-New Wolverine has been universally positive.

Ensemble Darkhorse: The first X-Man after Wolverine to have her own page on this site (and one of the few to have her own series). Even when she joined the New X-Men, she was easily the most popular character. For a while, she was the only X-Man with her own page, but now Storm, Cyclops, Dazzler, X-Man (and Magneto, if you count him) have gotten in on the act.

Before they gave her the name Laura in the comics, some X-Men: Evolution fanfic writers would give her many different names, different from fic to fic. Some still do. Also, as it was never stated in the show, many speculate as to whether she has metal bones or not (she doesn't in the comics due to never taking the full Weapon X treatment, but in the show she was shown to).

Although never stated in the books, it's incredibly popular among fans to explain Laura's Strong Family Resemblance to Sarah being as a result of Sarah using her own genetic material to repair the damaged DNA samples, thus making her Sarah's genetic daughter as well. However this theory has been refuted by Word of God.

Another popular one is to connect Wolverine #80 with X-23 as either the first mention or outright appearance, because the villain of the book holds up a vial labeled "Logan X," with a second label reading "23." Thus, the argument that Laura first appeared as a material sample a full ten years before she was actually created by Kyle and Yost. This is a particularly dangerous one, as it's frequently used by speculators to drive up their sale price for an otherwise insignificant issue of that series because of the value of "first appearance" issues. As with the above about her connection to Sarah, this one is refuted by Word of God, with Kyle directly cautioning fans to avoid the issue.

Fan-Disliked Explanation: Marjorie Liu's explanation for her "breakup" with Hellion, which isn't helped by the hypocrisy of Wolverine and Gambit over the situation (seeing as they both have done far, far worse things in their time as X-Men), and Laura herself being written out of character. It's made more egregious when compared to how Laura and Julian were written in the first arc of the series.

Fans of X-23 have begun developing one with fans of Old Man Logan. Although it initially began rather one-sided, with Old Man Logan fans often disparaging of X-23 and All-New Wolverine, X-23 fans were generally neutral or enjoyed both characters. However this has recently shifted, with X-23 fans viewing Old Man Logan as undermining Laura's role as Wolverine by getting much more focus by writers in events, and outside the X-Men books in general. The fact that Logan will be appearing in three team books and his solo under ResurrXtion, while Laura only has her solo, has only further fueled the resentment.

One is also intensifying between fans of Laura and Logan Classic, particularly those who want him back and resent her taking on the cowl, for whom any insinuation that Laura may be superior in some way (whether in or out of universe) serves as a Berserk Button leading to them lashing out.

Fan Nick Name: Still referred to more often than not as Girlverine to this day, for obvious reasons. Even more now that she's taken the Wolverine name on herself. The latter has also given rise to X-Verine.

Fan-Preferred Couple: As noted under Ship-to-Ship Combat it's a bit contentious, but the vast majority of fans prefer Laura with Hellion even after her Relationship Upgrade with Teen!Angel. The Les Yay with Jubilee and the mild teasing with Teen!Cyclops combined with their similarities make both of these options incredibly popular as well.

Fan Wank: A throwaway panel in Wolverine #80 (1994) features a scientist holding a test tube labeled #23. It's incredibly popular to twist this into being Laura's true "first" appearance in the books, despite the fact it predates her creation by Kyle and Yost by a decade, has nothing to do with the process for how she was originally created in-universe, is outright Jossed by her origin book, and isn't acknowledged by Marvel itself. Nonetheless, it doesn't stop it from popping up every now and then on Wikipedia (at which point it immediately gets removed).

While trying to seduce her to his side, Hellverine takes the form of (a naked) Cyclops, and approaches her in a very squicky manner, stroking her face and commenting on her beauty. The scene is presented as very disturbing, but with a healthy dose of Foe Yay. Fast forward to All-New X-Men, and Laura and O5 Cyclops share a mutual attraction (though it's ultimately never acted on).

Laura dating Teen!Warren becomes this when you remember that, during her earliest appearances in Uncanny X-Men under Claremont, Laura is frequently shown aping Psylocke's mannerisms in the background. Lampshaded by Waiting For The Trade◊.

My Real Daddy: Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost created her, but didn't introduce her to the Marvel Universe (she's a Canon Immigrant), putting her in the hands of Joe Quesada and later Chris Claremont, probably with the intention of invoking this trope; when it didn't work, they started writing her themselves. While their take was seen as superior to Quesada's and Claremont's and laid groundwork on the character, it still had its share of problems. It was Marjorie Liu's run on Laura's solo title that definitely did a lot to make fans like a character that had previously (often derisively) been called Girlverine and Mary Sue.

Pandering to the Base: At least according to the people on one side of the Broken Base, who view the X-23 character with more than a little bit of scorn. A blatant Rule 63 character with a past somehow even more traumatic and convoluted than Logan's sounds like the stuff of a Journal Roleplay character, yet not only does X-23 exist, she is also very frequently used and promoted as an A-tier character. The rationale behind this, X-23's naysayers argue, is drearily predictable: if Wolverine Publicity is a golden goose, why not clone it and get twice the golden eggs for the price of one? It's been downplayed in more recent years, but back in the first couple of years of her existence X-23 was also very heavily featured, to the point where it was very hard to argue against her being a Creator's Pet. And of course there's the more recent arc where she's taken up Wolverine's role and codename.

Helix has been widely adopted when discussing Laura's relationship with Hellion.

Cyx-23 has also been thrown about for the shipteasing between Laura and Teen!Scott in All-New X-Men.

And now Larren for the Laura/Teen!Warren relationship.

Ship-to-Ship Combat: Just like her daddy, Laura gets a fair bit of this, mainly between Helix (Hellion/Laura) fans, Laura/Jubilee fans, and fans who don't see her as having interest in relationships whatsoever. Also toss in Kimura, Gambit, Finesse, Mercury, Dust, Elixir, Fantomex, and more crack pairings such as Wither, Spidey, Hulk (see Crack Pairing above) and even Deadpool. There's even more than a few fans who ship her with Daken or Sabretooth. And now Rule 63 and time travel is enabling the Scott/Logan Crack Pairing to live vicariously through Laura and Teen Cyke (not that it stops anyone from shipping her with the adult Scott, too). The cover to All-New X-Men #30, and Laura's night out with Teen!Warren, has sparked shipping for that pairing, as well (and more than a few jokes over the idea of Laura moving through the entire O5. Yes, even Jean). In fact it's amazing Quentin Quire's Stepford Cuckoo-induced Imagine Spot of himself flirting with her in Wolverine and the X-Men #4 hasn't created that pairing (yet).

During one part of "The Killing Dream," Hellverine torments Laura in the form of Cyclops. A naked Cyclops, who keeps telling her that she's his.

Laura's encounter with her half-brother, Daken. Once the various double-crossings are out of the way and the pair are forced to work together to take down Colcord, Daken's private thoughts about her after seeing her in action read rather... romantically. Of course, this isDaken...

Unintentionally Unsympathetic: The audience is intended to take Laura's side in her breakup with Hellion, and Julian certainly says some rotten things to her when she dumps him. However everything leading up to that point in no way justified how she treated him: Hellion was in the midst of a Heroic B.S.O.D. after a Trauma Conga Line beginning with losing his hands during Second Coming, and continuing through the fallout of his killing Karima. When Laura meets him at the school, he's been locked in his room as punishment for his actions, (even though he did the only thing he could to stop her, at Karima's own request) and is desperately seeking someone to just talk to him and support him as he struggles to hold himself together. Instead she comes by just to say "hello" and then leaves him again. He spends the entire rest of the arc just trying to reach out to her, only to get continually rebuffed, even though at this time she was supposed to be one of his best friends (to say nothing of his kinda-sorta-girlfriend). It doesn't help at all that he's being treated like a monster by Wolverine and Gambit for doing the same sorts of things they've spent most of the series helping Laura cope with. In the end, it only makes her look every bit as cold and unfeeling as he accused her of being, and Logan and Remy just look like hypocritical jackasses.

Iron Woobie: Despite just how badly Laura wants a normal life, she will keep on fighting to protect others because she must. Recruiting her for X-Force was acknowledged to be a tremendous mistake for her well-being by everyone involved, but Laura still accepted the position anyway, and has proven time and again her willingness to sacrifice herself for others.

Stoic Woobie: Despite all she's been through, though, Laura seldom actually talks about it. But mostly because her emotionally-abusive upbringing has left her with a poor understanding of how to express herself, to the point that she frequently cuts herself. When she doesbreak down, she's prone to bouts of severe if not suicidal depression.

Hellion during the Babysitting arc of the Liu series. He's barely holding it together emotionally while teetering on the edge of a Heroic B.S.O.D., and no one — not even Laura, one of his best friends (to say nothing of his sort-of girlfriend) — are actually helping him cope with it.

Word of God: Marjorie Liu's explanation for the ending of x-23 #19, in which Laura tells Julian that she doesn't feel anything for him is that Laura has essentially outgrown their relationship. Fans...tend not to agree. However it has less to do with the point of view of the author than it does with the execution of the scene — which was found to be rushed by many, to the point some people think that it was an editorial mandate — and that many find the characterization of both Laura and Julian to be unusually poor (especially the latter).

Yank the Dog's Chain: Out of Universe example: When it was announced that Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle would write Laura again in Amazing X-Men, her fans celebrated, since they were dissapointed with the way she was portrayed in All-New X-Men. Unfortunately it was revealed this was falsely reported and there were never plans for Laura to appear in Amazing.

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